Ball-game target



Jan. 10, 1928. 1,655,661

E. G. PERKINS BALL GAME TARGET Filed Apri1 28; 192v Invenfnr Per 7 AHorne Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR GUY PERKINS, OF FETTERS SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.

BALL-GAME TARGET.

Application filed Apri128, 1927. Serial No. 187,183.

My invention relates to iinproreinents in ball game targets in which thethrown balls are caught and held in a spring wire basket; and theobjects oi? my invention are, first, to provide a novel. target forthrown balls, second, to provide a way to release the balls from thetarget without the necessi y of the'operator or player to run to andfrom the target to remove the ball by hand and, third, to provide aquick we ot removing the target when broken.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure I is a front View of the entire machine andFigure II a rear view of the same. Similar numerals refer to similarparts throughout both views. Plate I is a front view of the target whichis made of metal throughout and consists of an upright square rod 2 towhich are attached. with hinges 6 two half circular wings 3 in which areset six spring steel finger wires 5 bending eonvexly outward so as toforms basket a little larger than the diameter of the balls used in thegame. A coil spring 4- is attached to the two middle finger wires 5 onthe two wings 3. iVhen the operator o1. the game wishes to release theball he pulls a cord 8 (shown on Plate II) which is attached to the twoends of the coil spring 4; and finger wires 5 on the two wings 3 andwhich used to hang the target on and the male and female parts arefastened together by a. bolt 1.

. Plate 11 is a rear view of the target and shows the hinges 6., thecord 8 and the guide ring 7 through which the cords 8 are attached tothe end of the spring 4-.

I claim y In combination a target comprising a metal disc receivingmember suitably shaped and supported having holes therein from whichproject wiresbent so to tirn'ily hold a ball tossed between them; saidmetal disc being constructed in three parts and hinged together so thatby pulling on a cord atr tached to the under part of the two hingetlsides of the target the tension of a spring attached to the upper partof the disc will be overcome and the hinged sides bend bat-l;- wardreleasing the ball from the grip of the said wires.

EDGAR GUY PERKINS.

